Needle for sewing braid or the like



Feb. 13, 1951 J. v. PERHACS 2,541,543

NEEDLE FOR SEWING BRAID OR THE LIKE Filed Dec. 9, 1949 fo-seph V.Penhacs Affo/ne u Patented Feb. 13,1951

TE STATES OFFI E NEEDLE FOR SEWING BRAD) on Tn Eng-E Joseph V. Perhacs,Sun Valley, ,Galif.

Application December 9, 2 9 .Sflfi?! NO: 1 15954 This invention has todo with a needle useful in sewing braids, cords or like strips togetheras in the making of rugs, pads, or like articles and it is a generalobject of the invention to provide such a needle which is simple andinexpensive of manufacture and convenient and effective in use.

Strips of material such as cords .or braided strips are commonly sewedtogether into the form of rugs, pads and like articles. Ordinary threadis usually used in such operations and it is common to handle thethreads by an ordinary needle such as is used in ordinary sewingoperations. Thread is used rapidly in a sewing operation where cords orbraids are being joined and when the usual needle is employed theoperator must handle a long length of thread or must frequently rethreadthe needle.

The present invention provides a needle for handling thread which needleis suitable for the class of use above referred to and is such as tocarry a supply of thread enabling an operator to sew for a considerablelength of time without changing thread or rethreading the needle. Theinvention provides a needle with an elongate body having an eye holdingthe free end portion of the thread and having heads at the ends of thebody, which heads are preferably alike and each has an upturned tipportion shaped to conveniently penetrate braid or cord. Each head of theneedle is provided with a thread carrying opening and a thread passingneck opening enters each head from its tip or nose end with the resultthat a thread can be readily passed into and out of the thread carryingopening as the needle is loaded or is being used.

The needle constructed as provided by the invention has the free end ofa thread held in the eye and a substantial length of thread is wrappedon the needle lengthwise thereof being entered through the neck openingsand carried in the thread carrying openings. As the needle is used thetip portions are exposed to readily penetrate the material being sewedand as the sewing progresses the needle is turned endwise or end for endallowing the thread to be payed therefrom as thread is consumed.

A general object of the invention is to provide a needle which is doubleended and which carries a supply of thread in a compact form and so thatthe thread can be easily and conveniently fed from the needle as sewingprogresses making it unnecessary for the operator to manipulate a longcumbersome length .of free thread, as is the case when an ordinaryneedle is used.

A further object of the invention is to provide a needle of the generalcharacter referred to which is such that it can .be economicallymanufactured of an elongate strip or band of metal, or the like, makingthe needle inexpensive oi manufacture.

2 Claims. (Cl. 223x192) A further object of the invention is to providea needle of the general character referred to which the heads that occuron the ends of the body and which have openings to carry thread haveupturned tip portions that are such as to conveniently feed or threadthrough layers of a braided strip, or the like.

'The various objects and features of my invention will be fullyunderstood from the fol- :lowing detailed description of a typicalpreferred form and application'of my invention, throughout whichdescription reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l a view showing the needle provided by the present inventioncarrying a supply of thread and being used in the course of sewing twolengths of braid together in side by side relationship. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the needle provided by the invention showing it earrying asupply of thread. Fig. .3 is an enlarged detailed transverse sectionalview taken as indicated by line -33 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is an enlargedplan view of the needle showing itfree of thread.

The needle provided by this invention is intended to carry a supply ofthread which is to be consumed as the sewing operation progresses and itis intended primarily for use in coarse or heavy sewing operations aswhere cords or braided strips are to be sewed together as indicated inFig. 1 of the drawings.

The needle provided by this invention involves, generally, an elongatebody A and head B at the ends of the body. It is preferred in practicethat the needle be formed entirely of a single integral continuous stripof material in which case the heads B are in effect continuations of thebody A. In the preferred form of the invention the needle is formed of alength or strip of metal, or like material, so that the needle is rigidor normally maintains its shape and can be readily finished so that itis smooth.

Thebody A of the needle as shown in the drawings is a simple straightstrip or length of material in the form of a flat strip having fiatparallel sides I!) and parallel edges H. In practice, the body A may bevaried considerably in length and also in width, it being preferred,generally, that the body be sufliciently long so that it can beconveniently handled or manipulated as the desired sewing operation isperformed and it is of such width as to carry a substantial body ofthread T, at the same time, being narrow enough to readily pass throughmaterial being sewed. In the drawings, particularly in Fig. 1, theneedle is illustrated as being used to sew two lengths C of braidtogether, the braid being shown as formed or woven of coarse strands inwhich case the needle body A may be of substantial width and the needlemay be such as to handle a substantial supply of thread '1.

A feature of the body A is the eye or opening 15 provided in the bodyintermediate its ends to receive and holdthe free end portion N5 of thethread 'I. In the case illustrated the eye [5 is shown as a'sir'npleround opening or perforation located intermediate the edges I! andextending through the body from one side to the other. In practice, thefree or terminal end 16 of the thread T is inserted through the eye aswill be apparent from Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings and as thread iswound onto the needle the end portion threaded through the eye isretained so the thread is effectively confined to the body of theneedle.

The,heads B that are provided at or which project from the ends of bodyA are preferably like extensions or continuations of body A. Each headis provided with a tip portion 20 which is fiat and which ispreferablydefiected somewhat from the plane of the body A. The tipportion 2B in its preferred form is outwardly tapered or convergent sothat it has converging straight sides 2| terminating at a penetratingnose portion 22 which may be slightly rounded as shown in the drawings.In practice the shaping and proportioning of the tip 20 and particularlyof the nose portion of the tip may vary depending upon the type orcharacter of work to be performed by the needle. For sewing coarsematerial such as braid as illustrated in the drawings the tip 20 .may betapered substantially as shown in Fig. 4

and the needle will effectively penetrate the braid when the nose end 22is rounded as shown in this figure.

In accordance with the invention each head-B of the needle is providedwith a thread carrying opening 25 shaped and proportioned to carry asubstantial quantity of thread at a point removed somewhat inward fromthe nose portion of the tip 20. In the preferred form of the inventionthe thread carrying opening 25 is located centrally of the needle andextends a substantial distance lengthwise thereof as clearly shown inFig.1 4 of the drawings.

A neck opening enters the tip portion 20 of the head from the nose 22thereof and communicates with the thread carrying'opening 25. .The neckopening 30 is preferably made just wide enough to conveniently pass thethread into and out of the opening 25.

To prepare the needle for use the free or.terminal end [6 of the threadis passed through the eye l5 of the body and then the desired supply ofthread T is wound onto the needle to form bundles that extend lengthwiseof the body A at iii) then passing it through the layers, folds, or

strips of material that are to be sewed together. In Fig. 1 of thedrawings, the use of the loaded needle is illustrated, and it will beapparent from this drawing how the needle can be handled with a limitedfree loop 3| of thread. In the case of a typical use after one or twopassages of the needle through the material being threaded the needlemay be turned end for end liberating the necessary amount of thread toform the desired loop 3 I. As the sewing progresses the supply of threadis liberated from the needle and with very little practice an operatorcan maintain the desired loop 30 without at any time having an excess ofthread free to be tangled or to be in the way while at the same time theneedle is at all times free for convenient and rapid manipulation.

When the supply of thread has been exhausted from the needle a newsupply can be applied and the sewing operation continued. With theneedle of the present invention a very substantial quantity of threadcan be carried on the needle so that sewing can be continued for asubstantial time without the necessity of replenishing the supply ofthread.

Having described only a typical preferred form and application of myinvention, I do not wish to be limited or restricted to the specificdetails herein set forth, but wish to reserve to myself any variationsor modifications that may appear to those skilled in the art and fallWithin the scope of the following claims:

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A needle of the character described including, a flat, straight,elongate, slender body uniform in cross-sectional configurationthroughout its length, like heads at the ends of the body, there being athread carrying opening at each end of the body and a neck opening ineach head communicating with a thread carrying opening and passingthread to and from such thread carrying opening, each head having a tipportion with a rounded end and being inclined relative to the plane ofthe body and from the said side thereof, the neck openings being open tothe exterior of the needle at the tip ends thereof.

2. A needle of the character described including, a straight flatelongate body uniform in cross-sectional configuration from one end tothe other, there being a thread carrying opening at each end of the bodywith a concave thread receiving bottom, a fiat convergent head on eachend of the body with a rounded tip end, the heads being alike and beingin planes inclined relative to that of the body and projecting from oneside of the body, there being outwardly convertent neck openingsextending outwardly from the thread carrying openings to the tip ends ofthe heads where they open at the exterior of the needle.

JOSEPH V. PERHACS.

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